By order of the Traitors, you’re invited to a spine-tingling concert hosted by Claudia Winkleman at London’s Royal Albert Hall. Inspired by our favourite murder mystery game’s tense and haunting soundtrack, the concert features melodramatic versions of pop tunes heard on The Traitors, from Britney Spears’s Toxic and Olivia Rodrigo’s Vampire to Billie Eilish’s Bad Guy, all given a signature gothic, symphonic twist. There are also dramatic classical favourites, including O Fort

Celebrating this festive season is a brand-new one-off special of TV’s favourite guessing game. The Masked Singer Christmas Special will see four well-known celebrities compete undercover in elaborate Christmas-themed costumes to keep their true identities hidden with all four famous faces unmasked in one episode. In this festive episode of the BAFTA award winning series, four famous faces will battle it out in two head to heads, but who will be crowned winner, winner Christm

Claudia Winkleman hosts the ultimate reality game of trust and treachery with new twists and new players. Time to take to the edge of your seat once more as 22 people from across the UK descend on a Scottish castle to win up to £120k. Let the mind games begin. The new series will launch on 1st and 2nd January at 8pm each night. For fans who want more, the official visualised companion podcast is returning. The Traitors: Uncloaked will start on BBC Two immediately after the ma

Apple TV announced it has picked up Beat the Reaper, a new dramedy starring BAFTA Award winner and Emmy Award nominee Will Poulter (Black Mirror, The Bear), who will also serve as executive producer. Beat the Reaper will be showrun and executive produced by Sam Catlin (Sugar, Preacher, Breaking Bad), with Apple Studios and New Regency serving as co-studios. Based on the novel of the same name by Josh Bazell, Beat the Reaper will star Poulter as Dr. Peter Brown, an intern at B

The Sheffield arena is ready for battle once again as the ultimate test of speed and strength, Gladiators, is set to return in 2026 for another unmissable series. Bradley and Barney Walsh will once again oversee proceedings as Saturday Night Superheroes Apollo, Athena, Bionic, Comet, Cyclone, Diamond, Dynamite, Electro, Fire, Fury, Giant, Hammer, Legend, Nitro, Phantom, Sabre, Steel, and Viper return to showcase their power, agility and bold banter against the courageous cont

Ten years on from the release of his final album, David Bowie: The Final Act (1x90’) will chart the extraordinary final creative chapter of one of music’s most iconic and inventive artists.    From Rogan Productions, the team behind Freddie Mercury: The Final Act and ABBA: Against the Odds, this feature documentary explores how Bowie, ever the master of reinvention, transformed his confrontation with mortality into his final artistic statement.    The 1990s were a turbulent p

The festive special of the hit BBC comedy starring Diane Morgan, Michelle Greenidge and Tom Basden, will not air this Christmas as planned. The festive special was scheduled to air on Monday 22nd December on BBC Two before being pulled from the schedules by the BBC earlier this week. British Comedy Guide reports that the BBC 'wants to update' parts of the episode before it airs, and is instead expected to air in 2026. The synopsis for the special read: A seasonal comedy spec

Jack Grayling has reinvented himself at sea, embracing a new life as a cruise-ship singer touring the continent where his audiences can’t get enough of him. But Jack is also a former cop, and when murder strikes on board, his investigative instincts surge back to the surface. Joining him as he balances showtime with sleuthing are First Officer Kate Woods, his partner in both romance and detection and the ever-loyal ship steward Jamil, who serves as Jack’s trusted sidekick. We

The films airing on the BBC and ITV over the festive season have been revealed. Elvis From Oscar-nominated visionary filmmaker Baz Luhrmann comes Warner Bros. Pictures' drama Elvis, starring Austin Butler and Oscar winner Tom Hanks. The film explores the life and music of Elvis Presley (Butler), seen through the prism of his complicated relationship with his enigmatic manager, Colonel Tom Parker (Hanks). The story delves into the complex dynamic between Presley and Parker sp

Siobhán McSweeney hosts a celebrity festive edition of Pottery Throwdown with judges Keith Brymer Jones and Rich Miller on Channel 4. The celebrities taking to the pottery wheel for the annual festive special on Channel 4 are comedian Tim Vine, actor Sarah Hadland, broadcaster Colin Murray and reality star Amber Gill. The 10x60’ main series follows 12 passionate, home potters as they strive to create their most intricate and imaginative work, before their pieces are judged by

After a life spent travelling the globe, David Attenborough, the world’s most famous naturalist, turns his attention closer to home to explore the wildlife of England’s iconic capital in Wild London. Having lived in London for 75 years, David has an intimate knowledge of the city’s natural history and there's no better guide to introduce us to its most spectacular wildlife secrets. London is considered the greenest city in the world with a surprising variety of animal dramas

It’s time to really get the festivities going. We are hosting the ultimate party as four simply brilliant MasterChef champions get dressed to impress and compete for a title even greater than their last - the right to be crowned MasterChef Champion of Champions 2025. The chefs competing are 2013 trophy holder Natalie Coleman, Thomas Frake, who took the crown in 2020, 2023’s champion Chariya Khattiyot, who has taken the festive dress code to new heights, and Brin Pirathapan, w

Daytime hit The Travelling Auctioneers returns for a fifth series on BBC One and iPlayer. When Peter was told he had three months to live, he and wife Rosemary’s lives were changed forever. Twelve months later, Peter continues to challenge the odds and is focused on making every moment count. With two grown-up sons who had health issues as children, the family knows life is fragile. Now Peter, Rosemary and their sons want one last holiday together but need help if they are to

New Year’s Eve is fast approaching and this year Rachel is very keen to throw a massive party. Paul, less so: he’d much prefer a nice quiet holiday cottage with a sauna so he can sweat out the massive boil that’s recently appeared on his cheek; two quite different visions for seeing in the new year. So begins a typically chaotic Jessop Family holiday, featuring a road trip, a missing dummy, and a large crate of unlicensed fireworks Paul picked up from a police auction. Create

Quizmaster Jimmy Carr is back on Channel 4 with The Big Fat Quiz Of The Year, as well as another instalment of The Big Fat Quiz Of Telly. As always, Jimmy will be joined by a panel famous comedians. He will be ably assisted by big fat favourites, such as the superstar question setters, Mitchell Brook Primary, and the show will feature a whole host of brand new special rounds & VTs and will delve into the year's events. Joining Jimmy on the 2025 special will be Jonathan Ross,

The nation’s favourite master dog trainer, Graeme Hall, is back with a brand-new eighth series of Dogs Behaving (Very) Badly on 5 in early 2026, marking the show’s 100th episode milestone. As always, Graeme will be travelling the length and breadth of the country to help exasperated owners dealing with their unruly dogs. With his clear advice, easy to follow training methods, and long-lasting fixes, Graeme aims to bring balance back to the relationship between people and thei

The official visualised companion podcast is returning. The Traitors: Uncloaked will start on BBC Two immediately after the main series on Thursday 1 January at 9.05pm. The show will then move over to BBC One for the remainder of the series from Friday 2 January at 9pm onwards and will also be available on BBC Sounds and BBC iPlayer. Host Ed Gamble will be joined by celebrities and players from previous series to analyse and react to developments in the castle. The Traitors r

BAFTA-winning Graham Norton returns this January with a brand-new series of Wheel of Fortune. Following on from the festive family special this Christmas, the nation’s favourite game of skill and luck is back with even more excitement, laughter, and big-money prizes. Each episode sees three new contestants spin the iconic wheel and solve the puzzles for their chance to win up to £50,000 - this new series also features the return of the hugely popular Couples’ Episode and intr

Ofcom have revealed the TV moments which sparked the most complaints this year. 1. Love Island, ITV2, 24 July 2025 – 3,547 complaints  Complaints related to alleged bullying behaviour towards Shakira. 2. Love Island, ITV2, 22 July 2025 – 2,509 complaints The majority of complaints related to alleged bullying behaviour towards Shakira. A small number were about Megan returning to the villa. 3. Love Island, ITV2, 23 July 2025 – 2,002 complaints The majority of complaints relate

Tom Read Wilson's Magnificent Journey reimagines the rite of passage once undertaken by 17th, 18th and 19th-century aristocrats on their Grand Tours of Europe. Now, nearly 40 and craving a touch of cultural enlightenment, Tom Read Wilson sets out to follow in their footsteps. With a heart full of wanderlust and a taste for timeless beauty, Tom embarks on his own Grand Tour, armed with his Super 8 camera and travelling from Paris to Rome to become schooled in art & architectu

Jane says she’s “a woman of a certain age” but in this series she’s determined not to let that define her. And she’s proving it by throwing herself into her Pole to Pole adventure and grabbing every opportunity with both hands. In this episode, she takes three days and four planes just to reach her starting point – the Antarctic peninsula. It’s as close to the South Pole as she can get and the beginning of her epic expedition. This frozen landscape is not for the faint-hearte

Call The Midwife returns to BBC One this December with its annual Christmas specials. Part 1 The residents of Poplar are preparing for Christmas while Fred (Cliff Parisi) and Violet (Annabelle Apsion) get ready to fly to Hong Kong to visit her son. On arrival and carrying parcels for the sisters, they head to the Branch House in Kowloon but discover that it has collapsed and there are many fatalities. A rescue mission is hastily organised and a team from Nonnatus make emergen

Dame Judi Dench is perhaps our greatest Shakespearean actor. In Shakespeare, My Family and Me, the Oscar winning star turns history detective to solve a great mystery in her family’s past. Did one of her ancestors actually meet her hero, William Shakespeare? Made by Proper Job Films, this 1x60’ film will see Dame Judi follow the clues buried deep in the Danish archives and find out if her eight times great-grandfather may have met Shakespeare in 1606, the year he wrote three

The internet is flooded with ideas to help cash-strapped Brits earn some extra money on the side. But are any of them viable streams of extra income?   In 10 Days to 10k?, a new TV show for Channel 4, TV star Scarlett Moffatt will put side hustles to the test to see which can make maximum profit with minimal effort. Made for Channel 4 by Scottish-based indie Flabbergast TV, this one-off will investigate a range of money-making ideas that are hailed as keeping the nation’s poc